quote:I'm trying to see a silver lining. But when a president self-immolates on live TV, and his opponent shines with lies and smiles, and a record number of people watch, it's hard to see how a president and his party recover. I'm not giving up. If the lies and propaganda of the last four years work even after Obama had managed to fight back solidly against them to get a clear and solid lead in critical states, then reality-based government is over in this country again. We're back to Bush-Cheney, but more extreme. We have to find a way to avoid that. Much, much more than Obama's vanity is at stake.

It's a fact consequent of the nature of the Electoral College (which I'm in favor of abolishing) and the reality that Mitt Romney is an absolutely horrible candidate. For any policy stance he's taken, I can find a video of him contradicting himself. It's actually sad that he was the best the GOP had to offer in the primaries (and he truly was the best).

quote:We have four years of Obama's real policy to draw from. Kinda hard to spin that unless you just completely turn off your brain.

Obama has been an extremely effective President. He's pushed through some major bills. He has a solid record to run on. Just because you don't agree with his policies doesn't change the fact that he's been effective.